Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



W. G. NBI'H.

METALLIC TIE AND mxLns'rnnnn.

APPLIOATIOH FILED OUT. 18, 1911.

1,017,449. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR @M M X WILLIAM G. NETH, 0F CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18,

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

1911. Serial No. 655,303.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. NETII, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Connellsvilie, in the county of 'l ayette and State of Pennsylvania, have -1nvented certain new and useful Improveto furnish the tie with fasteners that will I, prevent vertical and lateral displacement of u rails mounted thereon, thereby eliminating a to be hereinafter specifically describe the spreading of rails due to the great weight of rolling stock.

Still further objects of my invention'are to obviate the necessity of using bolts and nuts for retaining rails upon a tie, and to furnish a tie with fasteners that are inex' ensive to manufacture, easy to install and highly efficient for preserving the alinement of rails.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of arts an then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein; like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views in which t Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie and rail fastener in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the tie. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged per spective view of the detached fastener.

A metallic tie in accordance with this invention comprises an oblong body having inclined side walls 1 and inclined end walls 'ing an oblong 2 with the top 3 of said tie in parallelism with the flat bottom 4 thereof. The tie at the ends thereof is provided with transverse openings 5 and centrally of said tie there is an oblong opening 6, said opening communicating with the opening 5 through the' medium of longitudinal openings 7 beneath the rail seats 8 of the tie. The rail seats 8 are formed by cutting away the top of the tie to accommodate the base flanges 9 and 10 of a rail 11.

In forming therail seat 8 the top of the tie is cut away, as at 12 to provide an over hanging fastener 13 for the flange 9 of the rail 11. The top of the tie is further cut away at the opposite edge of the seat 8 from the fastener 13 to provide a transverse tapering groove 14 having inclined walls 15. Mounted in this groove is a tapering tongue 16 corresponding in cross section to the shape of the roove 14. The tongue 16 is carried by a fastener 17 that extends over the flange 510 of the rail 11. The top of the fastener is beveled or inclined, as at 18 whereby one end of the fastener will be of greater cross sectional area than the opposite end in order that the large end of the fastener can receive a hammer blow without injuring said fastener.

The shape of the tongue 16 provides flanges 19 and 20 that engage the inclined walls 15 of the groove 14 and the flange 19 has a series of openings 21' to receive a cotter pin or key 22 employed for holding the fastener in an adjusted position. Should the fastener become loose it can be struck a blow to further drive it into the groove 14, said groove gradually tapering from one end hereof and the tongue 16 having a corresl ondin'g taper,'which permits of the fastener being firmly seated in the top of the tie and lockedtherein by the cotter pin 22.

While in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible of such variations as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A metallic tie and rail fastener comprisbody having inclined sides and ends, sai body further having transverse openings at each end, a longitudinally extending opening, and longitudinallg extending passages communicating wit the longitudinal opening and with the transverse opening the to of said body formed with rail seats, certaln of the walls of said seats overhanging the flanges of the rails and constituting fasteners.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. NETH. Witnesses:

WALTER PRIOKE'IT, W. H. GOUGHENOUR. 

